Makes 6 servings
1 (14 oz) can coconut milk (lite is okay)
1 Tbsp Thai curry paste (I used mild)
2 cups water + 2 tsp chicken bouillon granules (or 1 tsp Shirley J chicken bouillon) OR 2 cups chicken broth
3/4 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs, cut into small cubes (optional)
4 oz white mushrooms, sliced
2 lemongrass stalks, bruised (cut off bottom 5 inches, peel off outer layer and smash the stalk with the back of a chef's knife)
Fresh lime juice, to taste (I used about 2 limes)
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
Salt and pepper
1. Combine milk, curry paste, water, bouillon, chicken, mushrooms and lemongrass in slow cooker.
2. Cover and cook on LOW for about 4 hours, or on HIGH for about 2-3.
3. Remove lemongrass and discard. Remove chicken and cut into small pieces.
4. Add in lime juice, to taste, and cilantro, if desired. Plenty of salt and pepper to taste. Stir and serve.
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| So happy to find a good deal on lemongrass! |
Review:
I love this type of soup. Here is another recipe that is similar that I loved. This one, however, if much simpler with a much shorter ingredient list. I found my lemongrass on sale for $1.09 which made me super happy. I also felt that the chicken is totally optional. The best part of the soup is the delicious, flavor-bursting broth. The combination of the coconut milk, fresh lime juice and lemongrass is SOOOOO good. My 4 year old even loved it. Slurp, slurp. 5 stars.
26 comments:
I love this type of soup; sounds great!
I love it that your recipes are healthy as well delicious and easy! Most slow cooker recipes use too many processed foods and canned creamy soups instead of wholesome real food. Thank you.
We eat this soup regularly, but I've never made it in a crockpot, that would be really good, and give the flavors a chance to blend, too. I'd love to have you link up at our ongoing link party on my new site: http://utahtopia.com/updates/entertainment/utahtopia-link-party Thanks!
Kalyn, it really is a great soup! Yum!
This soup sounds amazing!! I love Thai soups andway!!
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Meg
Thanks Meg! You made my day :)
Really looking forward to trying this soup! What size slow cooker did you make this and your other recipes in? I have a 6 qt but I'm about to get a 4qt as well.
Kendra
Kendra,
I used a 3 quart slow cooker for this recipe. If you have the choice, I would use the smaller size! good luck and thanks for looking at my blog :)
So, how much lime juice would you say you actually put in this recipe? I used the juice of 2 limes and the result was so acidic that no one would eat it. I didn't measure what came from the limes, but it was somewhere around 1/4-1/3 cup.
Btw, not trying to be rude! Just hoping for your input.
So sorry Carrie! That makes me sad that it didn't turn out. For me it was just perfect. I probably had about 3 Tbsp of lime juice. Maybe mine weren't has ripe or something. I guess I should change the recipe to say "lime juice to taste".
Thanks for your reply! I easily had twice that amount, if not more. My limes must have been super juicy!
Do you think I could double this recipe and put it in a 6 quart pot?
Beth, yes you could easily do that!
Okay thanks. Cooking time the same? I've made this soup twice, by the way, and my 2 year old eats it up! I couldn't find lemongrass so I got the paste. More expensive but it will last for a few more soups. I love recipes that are short like this and have such good flavor!
Beth, yes, same cooking time. I used the paste once too. It's easier to find for some reason. It tasted the same to me both times!
This was wonderful! I doubled it for my 6qt, then added another can of c. milk (making 3 altogether), and since I already had rice stick noodles inn the pantry, I threw some of those in there, too. THANK YOU! I will be making this again for sure!
I was really excited to try out my first crockpot with this recipe and I don't know what I did wrong but my soup came out completely curdled:( I used the light coconut milk... could that have done it? I alsoput my chikcken pieces in partially frozen... Any ideas on what I did wrong to make it turn out so terribly?
Thanks- M
M,
I'm sorry it didn't turn out!
I have no idea why it curdled. I have only used full fat coconut milk so maybe that is why...I always use frozen meat, so that wouldn't have been it. Sorry I can't be more help!
Karen
Hi Karen,
When do you put in the chicken? I have the chicken breasts frozen, should I drop them in whole frozen? Or should I defrost and chop before I put them in?
Thank you!
Frozen is fine! Just add at the beginning with the rest of the ingredients. Cut up once cooked through and serve!
How much lemongrass paste would you recommend using? I'm really looking forward to trying this!
- Bebe
Bebe,
I don't exactly remember how much paste it was. I want to say the paste container has enough to make the soup 3 times. Look on the back of the container..maybe that will help you out. Karen
Any ideas about nutritional value? I need it for my app tracker
Monica,
Here is a site that will calculate it for you!
Sorry that I can't be any more helpful than that.
Karen
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